by Steve Pike | Feb 27, 2026 | golf business, Golf Course Design, golf course management, Golf Courses, Golf News, Personalities, Real Estate, Resorts, Travel News
Cutalong at Tributer Resort, a Reef Capital Partners development along the shores of Lake Anna in Central Virginia, has named Virginia native Ian Sikes as its new General Manager. An accomplished golf operator and hospitality leader, Sikes will now lead one of the...
by Steve Pike | Feb 26, 2026 | golf business, Golf Course Design, Golf Courses, Golf News, Personalities, Private Clubs, Real Estate, Travel News
Pizá Golf and Nicklaus Design have created a landmark co-design collaboration for Valle de los Encinos, a luxury, wine-producing mountain community in Chihuahua, north-central Mexico. Centered on an 18-hole golf course alongside a broad suite of lifestyle amenities,...
by Steve Pike | Feb 5, 2026 | golf business, Golf Course Design, golf course management, Golf Courses, Golf News, Private Clubs, Real Estate
Troon has been selected to manage Turtleback Mountain Golf & Resort in Elephant Butte, New Mexico. Under the agreement with resort owner PreReal Investments, Troon will oversee all aspects of the golf experience at Turtleback Mountain, including daily...
by Steve Pike | Jan 9, 2026 | golf business, Golf Course Design, golf course management, Golf Courses, Golf News, Personalities, Real Estate, Resorts, Travel News
By Hal Phillips HAWKES BAY, New Zealand — It takes 20 minutes to drive from the entry gate at Cape Kidnappers to the clubhouse. If golfers aren’t staying at the resort’s luxury acccomodations, the Rosewood Cape Kidnappers, they enter the property on the shores of...
by Steve Pike | Nov 25, 2025 | Adventure, Culinary, Personalities, Private Clubs, Real Estate, Resorts, Travel News
Special to Spikeongolfandtravel.com When Jessie Rodriguez speaks, golfers listen. The two-time James Beard semifinalist, former Head Sommelier of The French Laundry in Napa Valley (CA) and current resident sommelier for leading private aviation company Magellan Jets...
by Steve Pike | Nov 17, 2025 | Private Clubs, racquet sports, Real Estate, Travel News
The Palm Beaches in Southeast Florida, and Naples along Southwest Florida’s Paradise Coast, each have been known for decades as staples of golf. Meanwhile, Sarasota, 120 miles north of Naples, in the 1960s, ‘70s and 80s, was known for racquet sports – primarily...
